Travel Photo of the Day - Jan. 2014

A cruise ship sails in front of the Sydney's iconic land mark the Opera House in Austrlia.

Saeed Khan
/ AFP/Getty Images

Fog covers parts of Lake Constance after sunset near Ueberlingen ,Germany, In background parts of the Alps are visible.Felix Kaestle
/ The Associated Press

A goat head is seen as preparations are made for a burial in the crater as part of an annual offering ceremony on the Ijen volcano in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The ritual is performed by the sulfur miners of Mount Ijen who slaughter a goat and then bury the head in the crater of mount Ijenn. The sacrifice is performed to ward off potential disasters for the next year. The Ijen crater rises to 2,386m, with a depth of over 175m, making it one of the world's largest craters.Ulet Ifansasti
/ Getty Images

A black stray cat walks on a stone wall in front of the ancient Acropolis hill with the Parthenon temple seen in the background, in Athens, Greece,Petros Giannakouris
/ The Associated Press

An Indian passenger pays a rickshaw driver outside a railway station surrounded by fog in New Delhi, India.Rajesh Kumar Singh
/ The Associated Press

A man is silhouetted against the sunset in the sky above Yangon, Myanmar.Ye Aung Thu
/ AFP/Getty Images

A worker walks by a Lunar New Year decoration displayed outside a shopping mall in Beijing. Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 1 this year which marks the Year of Horse on the Chinese zodiac.Andy Wong
/ The Associated Press

A seagull sits on the cross of the statue of the Christ atop St. Peter's Basilica during Pope Francis weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.Gabriel Bouys
/ AFP/Getty Images

Sinabung mount spews ash and lava during an early morning eruption near Karo, North Sumatra in Indonesia.Sutanta Aditya
/ AFP/Getty Images

Canadian Geese stand on the frozen waters of the Washington Channel in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson
/ Getty Images

The illuminated skyline of Doha is seen in Qatar.Lars Baron
/ Getty Images

Sumo grand champion Harumafuji, second left, of Mongolia performs his ring entry forms to dedicate to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. The Shinto ritual is part of the annual New Year's celebrations at the shrine.Shizuo Kambayashi
/ The Associated Press

A participant prepares to fly a large kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India.Rafiq Maqbool
/ The Associated Press

People walk in the sand amongst beach chairs and umbrellas overlooking a frozen Lake Ontario at Sugar Beach in Toronto.Nathan Denette
/ The Canadian Press

The White House is seen in Washington, D.C.Karen Bleier
/ AFP/Getty Images

The river Nile and Cairo's Imbaba district are seen at sunrise.Ed Giles
/ Getty Images

A male peacock displays its feathers at Sri Lanka's Yala National Park, in the southern district of Yala, some 250 kms southwest of Colombo.Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka.Lakruwan Wanniarchchi
/ AFP/Getty Images

A participant hangs on to the horn of a bull during a bull-taming sport called Jallikattu in Palamedu, about 434 kilometers south of Chennai, India. Jallikattu is an ancient heroic sporting event of the Tamils played during the harvest festival of Pongal.Arun Sankar K.
/ The Associated Press

An Egyptian woman leaves walks by a mural in Cairo.Nariman El-Mofty
/ The Associated Press

A brilliant show of the aurora borealis near Yellowknife, N.W.T. is shown in the night sky.Bill Braden
/ The Canadian Press

Afghan young men walk back from a nearby desert with their camels on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Afghan villagers use camels for milk, meat, transportation and, in some parts of the country, camel fighting.Allauddin Khan
/ The Associated Press

A crane lands at the future site of the Stephen J. Harper Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary Visitor and Education Centre in Hula valley, Israel.Sean Kilpatrick
/ Canadian Press

The Washington Memorial is seen in the distance in Washington, D.C. after a snowstorm.Eva Hambach
/ AFP/Getty Images

Tourists line up to view Waimea Canyon on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The natural wonder has been dubbed the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.Joe Kafka
/ The Associated Press

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